Nikki
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I plan to use competencies to assess the students. These assess the process rather than the product. It also gives guidance on what mastery looks like so there are no gray areas. We also use team norming to determine the scores of major pieces of work.
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One of the biggest challenges have been keeping the project with the time frame allowed. Sometimes, the investigations last longer than intended. I try to now design projects that are able to shape their own timeline based on the interests.
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The main problem I have is running out of time with students so that they are not able to revise their work. My school uses competencies such as lead inquiry or design solutions that merit the creation of rubrics to assess my students. Since we are also project/problem based learning as well, we are supposed to allow for revisions and that usually can take a group of students out of the project cycle.
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I could use iNaturalist to determine if the number of birds or insects are dependent on the temperature range during winter? Does a warmer winter effect the number of insects in the summer? This could clear up some of the general thoughts that people attribute to new species coming to their area. The specific citizen science project I could also have the students participate in is the Bird Sleuth project from Cornell Lab. There is a ton of data to collect that can specific to the student’s backyard.
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I am exploring ways in which my science department can incorporate citizen science in the classroom. Last school year, I had the students participate in bird observations and answering questions about the traits of their dogs and cats. I am looking forward to doing the water experiments and possible teaching trout in the classroom for the delta region of where I live. I just need to make sure that the projects are of interest to my students.
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This activity highlights the fact that we tend to ignore a large part of our sensory system. If you make intentional time to listen and observe, you will uncover things that are often ignored. Crickets, Train, Frogs, cars, owl, three different insect or small animal noises, movement in the attic (yikes!!)
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"Learn science by going science." Yes!! This is a motto that I use as an educator daily. I always say innovating and solving local problems in the biological classroom by doing real science is the only way to make sense out of science. Creating the "I Wonder" board and discussing what is science are two great ways to prime the minds of young people to start thinking like investigators.
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The practices mentioned by UC Davis will help me create more contextual experiences for my students as it relates to their own environment. The ability to develop expertise, contribute data, make meaning, and share the work and take action will allow for students to take ownership of their projects and its importance to their community.
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I have completed the Canine Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire, Feline Behavioral Assessment & Research Questionnaire, Celebrate Urban Birds, and Ant Picnic. These project were chosen to complete because they were easy and required little to no equipment to perform at home for my students during the "Corona" online period.
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Describe the activity and state which level of inquiry the activity seems to be. I am definitely using all four levels of inquiry in my classroom. I teach at problem based learning school and we employ design thinking, collaborate on teams, lead ones own learning, and lead inquiry as some of our main competencies for all of the work that our students do in science and core classes. In addition to using inquiry, we design projects that overlap with the core courses so that we can team teach and develop one outcome or product to be scored by the team of teachers.
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Inquiry is finding answers to questions from many sources such as experts, experiments, field work, text, articles, and questioning. Inquiry should be contextual to the students and their surroundings. Inquiry should also appeal and be relevant to the community that is being served especially when it is combined with problem based learning.
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